Alright I just recently put together a new computer, and my idea was running two WD raptors in Raid 0. I put in the Windows XP Pro Disc to install the OS and i saw right at the beginning the 'Press F6 to install RAID Drivers'. I pressed F6 and nothing happened it just continues forward with the installation. I tried it once more and still no luck. Im guessing it was because it was a USB keyboard so i tried one that connected in the keyboard outlet on the mobo. Still no luck i press F6 as fast and as hard as i can and it doesnt do anything.
So I went through the installation booted up into XP and installed something called "Intel Application Accelerator" it set up the two drives in a RAID 0 Array and migrated and stripped everything already installed over to the other drive. Everything works fine, but when i go look at my local drive in 'my computer' it shows up as one 34 gig drive. Is it supposed to be like that? If im scanning for viruses does it mean everything on one drive is being scanned and not the other?
I also didnt have a floppy drive in at the time so i ripped one out of my 5 year old dell comp. At first it recognized the drive but i had the cable backwards so the front led was always on. I switched the cables and the light stayed off and it still recognized it, but even if i put a disk in it it would give me the "Please Insert Disk..." message. So even if the Raid 0 isnt installed correctly i dont think i have a way to install it the right way even if i could get the darn f6 key to work.
I would greatly appreciate it if someone could shed some light on me. On either if my Raid 0 is set up right or how to get my floppy to work right.
Thanks,
--frodre
So I went through the installation booted up into XP and installed something called "Intel Application Accelerator" it set up the two drives in a RAID 0 Array and migrated and stripped everything already installed over to the other drive. Everything works fine, but when i go look at my local drive in 'my computer' it shows up as one 34 gig drive. Is it supposed to be like that? If im scanning for viruses does it mean everything on one drive is being scanned and not the other?
I also didnt have a floppy drive in at the time so i ripped one out of my 5 year old dell comp. At first it recognized the drive but i had the cable backwards so the front led was always on. I switched the cables and the light stayed off and it still recognized it, but even if i put a disk in it it would give me the "Please Insert Disk..." message. So even if the Raid 0 isnt installed correctly i dont think i have a way to install it the right way even if i could get the darn f6 key to work.
I would greatly appreciate it if someone could shed some light on me. On either if my Raid 0 is set up right or how to get my floppy to work right.
Thanks,
--frodre